Organizer for surgical instruments and items used during surgery

a technology for organizing surgical instruments and items, applied in applications, transportation and packaging, rigid containers, etc., can solve the problems of adding crucial time to a surgery, affecting the efficiency of surgery, so as to delay the scheduling of patients' surgeries, accompanying physicians and staff and the hospital
US20160100891A1Inactive Publication Date: 2016-04-14RICHMAN LAWRENCE M
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Patent Type
Applications(United States)
Current Assignee / Owner
RICHMAN LAWRENCE M
Publication Date
2016-04-14
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

An organizer for holding surgical instruments includes a tray that has instrument wells extending from the top surface of the tray. The instrument wells may be open to allow high-pressure steam to reach the instruments in the wells. The organizer has two sections. The first section contains sterile instruments to be used during surgery, and the second section contains empty instrument wells, each of which has a shape and depth corresponding to the shape and depth of an instrument well in the first section. After instruments are removed from the first section and used during surgery, they are returned to the corresponding instrument well in the second section. After surgery, an instrument is missing unless all the instrument wells in the second section are full. Structure may be associated with the instrument wells to indicate that an instrument well is not full.
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BACKGROUND

[0001] 1. Field

[0002] Organizers for holding surgical instruments in surgical suites.

[0003] 2. Related Applications

[0004] This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 14 / 509,986, filed Oct. 8, 2014, “Organizer for Surgical Instruments and Items Used during Surgery.” It also is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 14 / 685465, filed Apr. 13, 2015, having the same title. Applicant claims priority based upon those applications. Both applications are incorporated by reference

[0005] 3. General Background and State of the Art

[0006] Surgeons and their staff need their instrument and other items used during surgery to be readily accessible and well organized. Spending time looking for missing instruments hide adds crucial time to a surgery. That is undesirable for the patient because delays increase the length of the surgery and time under anesthesia.

[0007] Increasing the time for each surgery also is detrimental to surgeons, accompanying physicians and staf...

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